Traffic Accident in Germany

I was in Germany back in December 2013 for a contract of equipment. We were heading back to Munich by car because our flight back to Shanghai was departing on the second day. It was just before Christmas so the celebratory atmosphere was obvious, and traffic on the express way was really heavy.

I was a bit surprised when the driver slowed down and stopped. The German express ways did not have any upper limit for speed so we were actually going pretty fast before running into this traffic jam ahead of us. It was a dual-lane way and there was an additional emergency lane on the right.

The driver told us that it might be a traffic accident blocking everyone. We were greatly discouraged because we really wanted to go back to hotel quickly for some rest after a long day. It seemed he sensed our dismay and comforted us that the congestion would not be long.

Soon came the ambulance siren from the back and all of the sudden cars including ours started to move and scatter towards both sides of the way. Quickly a narrow passage was made for clearance of the ambulance and still NO ONE was taking the emergency lane.

Soon recovered the traffic and we were only like 20 minutes late.